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Saturday, July 1st, 2000

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 102

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Picked up 2 sailish around rattlesnake island and 14 Mahi-Mahi using "Cool Ranch" Dorito's. They are tough to keep on the hook though. Big League Chew works great on Tuna also. Caught a 213 lb Ahi near Konocti at high noon-YEAH!
      City: Clear Creek

      Tips: Dorito's rule

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 78-80 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't run n gun so due to spun prop so just went ishing. Best ishing was on sloping main lake points and road beds with the wind blowing in the point or bank. All ish caught were 20' or less and you could get 6- 10 ish on a point beore they shut down. Fished Yammie 1/4 oz spider jig #208 (watermelon seed / red) and shad colored 4' worms on darthead. Between the two o us we put 50 ish in the boat and 10 over the slot. The ish are bunched up so when you get one keep working the point and you'll ind some more. Never did a topwater bite but then again we were messing with a prop or a while. Caught quite a ew blacks up shallow on the grass edges with the water so high. Jig bite will be subtle so be awake.
      City: Livermore

Friday, June 30th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Holland. Caught fish early with buzzbaits and poppers in the Middle River area. At 8:00 am started throwing the senko on inside weed lines (rock banks). I hate fishing the senko, but the fish will not leave it alone. Also fished weed beds with spinnerbait and speed trap. Lots of fish (none over 3lbs) and no wind. Found large schools of SMALL (6-12")stripers on the south side of Franks Tract. A striper would hit or at least follow on just about every cast. I know this is not exciting for the striper guys - but if you have small children this is a golden opportunity to get the kids hooked on fishing. Had to leave at noon.
      City: Woodside

      Tips: Senko on inside weedlines. Pull it over the weedline and let it drop in the holes. Wacky style works well if you can avoid hanging up.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the island pond and the middle pond rom about 8 till 1 o'clock. caught 5 in the island lake on grubs they were about 14 inch average. Went to a lucky spot in the middle pond and caught only 1 out missed a ew. The water is pretty murky in the island pond. Caught ish in about 10 eet o water. Souza which lake do you usually ish in using the topwater??
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Its getting hot ish shallow in the morning and go deep in the aternoon.

Thursday, June 29th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Largemouth are now in a pre-spawn mode. Second spwning should take palce by the end of July. Lots of nice big largemouth being caught. Every angler I know or have met are releasing any big fish caught. Friends that dive the lake are rporting big largemouth to about 18 pounds or possibly larger. Lots of big shad and big schools of the thredfin shad too. Easy fishing for most bass fishermen. If you are fishing the place properly and you have a big bass boat you should be burning about two gallons of gassoline per day. Worming with the Honduran system produces lots of nice big bass right up to the high noon hours. Saludos, Wes
      City: Healdsburg

      Tips: Worm slowly. Keep the boat on the bank to avoid spooking fish with boat shadow. Mask the scent of your boat well. Use dark green to light green 8 to 14 inch worms ealy in the morning and slowly change to smaller ones as the sun comes out.

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      Water Temp: 65 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I was using a spinner bait, it was white and wheight about 1/4oz. I threw it about 5 feet away from me and i came up with a nice 10lb 4oz large mouth bass.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: when fishing murky water try and use a light color spinnerbait.

  • Leon County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished rom 3:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Very slow and tough. Just a ew undersize Largemouth Bass and a ew Yellow Perch.
      City: Clayton

  • Butte County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Lime saddle with watermelon red speckled baby brush hogs and landed only 3 ish, biggest being 2 lbs. Real tough bite probably due to the thursday tournament. $10 gets you in, 17 in. or better qualiies with $250+ or 1st place.
      City: Chico

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      Water Temp: 83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, someone has to say the ishing turned a little tough yesterday. Conditions were terrible - lake dropping 1.3 eet p/day, air temp 101, no wind, and clear water. Thank goodness or water skiers, providing a little mud line. Beore sunrise, one would expect a ew ish eeding on the surace. Nothing - it looked like the dead sea. No topwater bite morning or evening. Client and I did boat 19 spots, 9 o them tournament keepers. At high noon, client did land a 2-3 spot. I was very happy he caught a nice one because this was his irst experience catching spotted bass. What a kick on a 782 G. Loomis rod!! We ound a creek channel with a little water color in the middle ork. Though we tried a variety o baits and colors, Magic worms in morning dawn and blue ghost produced all our ish. In spite o the rapidly alling water level, most ish were 10 to 20 eet. Saw some schools o bait on the meter at 30 eet, but we didn't ish them. Talked to one other boat and they didn't catch a single ish. Maybe I was just there the wrong day - like that never happened beore!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Most o the willows are now out o the water, so inding the quality ish will become a little tougher. Points didn't seem to hold as many ish as walls did. I they keep dropping the lake like the past 4 days, look or steep stu and oshore structure.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: anotyher great late night trip, out o Jones Valley at 1am, irst ish at 105, 20 total and a 4.5 lb largemouth at 305 am all on pumpkin pepper twin tail skirted 3/8oz jigs on the humps across rom the jones valley ramp just east o cowpasture cove, managed to make the thumb bleed again, all ish caught in less than 6t o water
      City: Redding

Wednesday, June 28th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76 to 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Buzzes and frogs today- Caught 12 keepers with a 5.5 and a 4.1 - left home at 2 pm fished weed flats areas on the middle river. My largest fish came out of a ski ramp area between the berms on the middle river on a black frog. Someone had been in there before me and I could see frog trails on the scum. I could see blow up holes. Nearly gave up when I cast and retrieved the frog though a blow up hloe in the red scum- Whooosh- 5.5 lb fish- They missed him.... LOL
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Surface bite holds up all day

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 6-28 6:00-8:30pm, caught 3 keepers up to 2.5 lbs 20-22 eet around submerged bushes on 1/4oz brown rodstrainer jig/double green yamamoto grub trailer, drag that sucker slow, 2 nicer ish beore the sun went down on a buzzbait.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Throw that buzzbait and have some un, around trees 5-15 eet. Yeehaw!

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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday, June 25th. Launched at irst light. Fished w/Steve rom Galaxy Marine in Auburn. Man, can that guy catch them. He's showing me how to use the GPS on my new Triton and landing ish at the same time. Lots o dinks and couple o good ones. Let the lake about 10:30 a.m. -- Not early enough to beat the skiers and jet skis. These people were mobbing the ramps to get in and we could hardly get the boat on the trailer. Had a great morning learned a lot romSteve. These Tritons are great boats!JR
      City: West Sacramento

      Tips: Finnesse - 4" worms - 6# line - light colors

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: very slow in the morning.i saw alot o cruisers on the south end but couldn't get them interested in anything. later towards 5 oclock, in the east cove i caught a 2 and a hal pounder on a red brass and glass buddha worm.then on the next cast in the same spot i got a 4 and a hal pounder the same way.
      City: Moraga

      Tips: in the middle o the aternoon, try split shotting 4 and a hal inch red inesse worms o the corner o the L DOCK

  • Riverside County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 2000 Police & Fire games on Monday & Tuesday. First time on lake. First day ished the rock piles on east side & south o island. Had a couple o ish chase a white spinner bait but caught six on 4" green winnie w/red & green lake worm. Only our made the 13" tourney limit so weighed in at 5.65 lbs. Winning 5 ish limit or irst day was 13.72 lbs & big ish was 3.25 lbs.. Most ish caught on worms, jigs, or grubs. 2nd day ished rock climbers cove & caught 3 keepers on green weenie 4" worms. Then inished o day ishing the rock piles on north side o island. Caught 13 ish total & 12 were keepers. biggest was only 2.5 lbs.. My 5 only weighed 8.25 lbs.. Again winner had 13 lbs w/only 4 ish but their big ish was 7.75 lbs. A lot o ish caught this morning on top waters like zara spooks. Bigger ish came rom SE section o the dam or the weed lines on the southeast side o lake.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Split shotting 4" green weenie worms caught my ish but I was 19th out 60 on the irst day & 10th out o 30 teams the 2nd.

Monday, June 26th, 2000

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water about 2pm, ished a carolina rig with a plastic worm at about 20', got a ew hits. About 5:30 hooked a 4-5 pounder but lost it. Going back out Friday to try and get him again!!
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: ??????

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a ew small ones on top water. Fishing seems to come and go just ater nightall. Also tried worms around 7ish with no luck. Need to arrive a little earlier or that. Spoke with a gentleman that caught a 4lb bass in the channel with a mouse.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Throw out the top water has soon has the sun sets all around the channel at the back o the lake. Fish seem to hit the top water just has it lands. Frogs are also hot out here.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Only one ish on a senko in the small pond. Threw rogsand plastics all day without success.
      City: Livermoe

      Tips: The cold ront isn't helping the bite.

Sunday, June 25th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to holland tract, caught buzz bait fish first thing. My partner threw speed trap, and caught a 6lbr, next had a 2 eat the buzz again, anothe trap fish (5lbr), had about 15 -16 lbs by 07:30. Total for the day 20.45. Special thanks to Gene over at the hook, for helping me with my frog problem
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: Buzzbait can last all day, if you maintain your confidence.

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      Water Temp: 68 - 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from B & W at about 0800. Took 2 in the 4# range and 1 3# in Taylor slough using 6" senko's. Started throwing the white rat and grass frogs on grass mats between 1100 until about 1430. I had many blow ups, but the fished seemed to have a hard time finding the bait. I added a rattle to my frog off a jig and that helped. I took one 5+# and an 8#. This was my best weed bed fish. I also lost two others, but they were not as big as my biggest that day.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: Fish the grass mats during the heat of the day and try adding a rattle to your snag prood frog.